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title: Convert 7Z to ZIP, BZ2, GZIP and 2 more on a Mac — Arazio
source: https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/7z
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# 7Z files

7-Zip's archive. Compresses harder than ZIP, and needs software that knows it at the other end.

## Convert 7Z to

BZ2, GZIP, TAR, XZ, ZIP.

## Tools that work on 7Z

Hold Option rather than Shift: Extract.

## Where the file goes

Beside the original, same folder, same name, new extension. Nothing is overwritten and nothing is uploaded.

Extensions: .7z · Category: archive